Calendar-holder



(No Model.)

, L. G. POUSE.

GALENDAR HOLDER.

- Patented July 3, .1894.

TUESDAY 2 Qm/MMJZEEM v UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

LEVI GARNERFOUSROF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CALENDAR-HOLDER."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,251, dated July3,1894.

Application filed March 13, 1894:. Serial No. 503,442. (No model.)

in Calendar-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for holding calendars of the typecomposed of sheets or strips of paper or the like devoted to therespective days of the year; and it relates more particularly to thespecific construction ang arrangement of a holder for such a calen ar.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a holder for acalendar composed of sheets or strips of paper or the like and soarranged as that the calendar can be readily clamped to and maintainedin required position in connection with the holder and at the same timecan be released therefrom.

The nature and particular features of my invention will be more fullyunderstood from the following description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings forming part hereof; and in which- Figure 1,'is atop or plan view of the holder with a calendar engaging the springsupport ing clamps thereof. Fig. 2, is a side elevational view of thesame. Fig. 3, is a plan view of the bottom of said holder, showing thespecific construction and arrangement thereof; and Fig. 4:, is a rearend view of the holder. Referring to the drawings A, is arectangularskeleton metal frame with an integral struck up back a, cut away to forman opening a, and with sides a and 0. respectively bent, recessed orarched at a and a, to constitute clamps on both sides for springing thesides of the calendar B, into engagement therewith and so as to maintainthe same in required position on the holder A. Integral with the bottoma of the holder, is stamped out a V or other shape strip or part with orwithout an opening a therein, and which strip is bent outwardly so as toconstitute a leg or support 0, for the holder A, and in order that thecalendar may be held at an angle to the plane upon which it rests in itsnormal position. It may be here remarked that the struck up sides a anda and end or back a, formed integral with the bottom of the holder A,may be made ornamental, if desired, and the holder A, cut away asillustrated, in order to reduce the quantity of metal therein to aminimum and thus the cost of transmission of the same by mail orotherwise. The calendar B,is applied to the holder A, by springing thesame into contact with the clamps a and a of the sides a and 0. of theholder, and the same held thereby to required position againstdisengagement in any position of the holder.

A mon g the advantageous features of my invention may be mentionedfirst, that the device is composed of but a single piece of metal, andtherefore, is inexpensive to produce for the reason that the integralparts forming the clamps for the calendar, as well as the support forthe holder, are struck up by means of dies or similar appliances in amachine adapted therefor; second, the calendar can be readily applied toand detached ,from the holder and at the same time the clamps of theholder are arranged so as to firmly support the calendar to requiredposition for use with out indentations or slits provided therein; andthird, a calendar adapted for such a holder does not require that thesame shall be provided with stubs in order to be able to detach a leafor strip thereof from the rest of the leaves constituting the calendarmounted therein; and hence, the expense in the manufacture of such acalendar is appreciably lessened. In a word, each leaf or slip of thecalendar can be readily removed in its entirety from the rest of theslips or leaves constituting the calendar with the least amount oftrouble and time consumed in so doing in a holder embodying the featuresof my invention as hereinbefore fully explained.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a slip or sheet calendar, of a holder comprising arectangular skeleton metal base provided with an integral inclined legor support and a struck up slotted end havingsides which are providedwith inner my signature in the presence of two subscribbulged recessesforming hearings or clamps ing Witnesses. a and a as shown, for engagingand holding by the sides said calendar firmly to position LEVI GARM ERFOUSE' 5 on said base, substantially as shown and de- Witnesses:

scribed. RICHARD O. MAXWELL,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set I THOMAS M. SMITH.

